To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
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‘Music is not useful to capitalism’
Arts that fight with humanity, and for the broadest amount of humanity, demonstrate we as humans have more in common with each other, writes BEN LUNN
MEMORABLE: The Pageant of Labour was held at The Crystal Palace, London, England, October 15-20 1934 - with words by Matthew Anderson and music by Alan Bush (right), it celebrated the history of the British labour movement
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If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
AFTER an underwhelming and disorganised period with Oliver Dowden as our “secretary for culture and sport” we have awoken to a new day with ostrich anus-munching Nadine Dorries as our new MP responsible for the arts, sport and culture within Britain.
Beyond the numerous jokes about her opinions of gastronomy and avant-garde cuisine, the overall feeling about the appointment is a mixture of annoyance, exasperation at her tedium and bemoaning that Brexit Britain is collapsing.
Why can’t we be like the cultured folks in Germany and France, and not devolve further into a plebeian nation.
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